{"id":258382,"date":"2025-07-18T06:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=258382"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:34:19","slug":"what-is-the-square-root-of-99-to-the-nearest-tenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/18\/what-is-the-square-root-of-99-to-the-nearest-tenth\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the square root of 99 to the nearest tenth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the square root of 99 to the nearest tenth? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. 9.9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B. 10.9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C. 11.9 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D. 12.9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the square root of 99 to the nearest tenth, we first need to determine the square root of 99 using a calculator or estimation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The square root of 99 is approximately 9.949874. When rounded to the nearest tenth, this gives us 9.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now let&#8217;s understand why this happens. The square root of a number is the value that, when multiplied by itself, equals the original number. In the case of 99, we know that 9 multiplied by 9 is 81, and 10 multiplied by 10 is 100. So, the square root of 99 must be between 9 and 10. More specifically, it is closer to 10 than to 9, as the square of 9.9 is 98.01, which is much closer to 99 than the square of 9 is (which is 81).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the square root of 99 more precisely, we can use a calculator, which gives us the value of 9.949874. When rounding this to the nearest tenth, we look at the digit in the hundredths place. If it is 5 or higher, we round up. Since the hundredths place in this case is 4, we round down to 9.9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the correct answer is <strong>A. 9.9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of estimation is helpful when you don&#8217;t have a calculator and need to quickly approximate the square root of a number. The key is understanding the proximity of the number to known perfect squares, in this case, 81 (9\u00b2) and 100 (10\u00b2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the square root of 99 to the nearest tenth? A. 9.9 B. 10.9 C. 11.9 D. 12.9 The correct answer and explanation is: To find the square root of 99 to the nearest tenth, we first need to determine the square root of 99 using a calculator or estimation. 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